Exercising device.



' No. 674,39I. Patented May 2|, 1901.

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EXEBCIS'INGI DEVICE.

(Application filed Feb. 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK W. BAKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS EXERCISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,391, dated May 21, 1901. Application filed February '7, 1901. Serial No. 46,370. (No model.)

To atZZ whom it may concern:

Be' known that I, FRANK W. BAKER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Exercising Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an exercising device; and the object of the same is to secure upon the bottoms of the feet a succession of interrupted beating impacts or vibrations and augment the volume of the blood to all parts of the body by quickening its circula tion, and thereby beneficially affect diseased parts of the human body by thoroughly nourishing the same, as well as tending to continuously maintain an equal blood circulation by overcoming any local sluggish tendencies that may arise from a variety of causes.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of an exercising device embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section of a portion of the improved device. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through the inclined bed of the improved device.

Similarnumerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates parallel uprights spaced apart from each other a suitable distance and rigidly connected at their upper ends by a rounded hand-bar 2, and at a short distance above the lower ends of said uprights are separated flat cross-strips 3, arranged at an angle of inclination, and have the upper ends of side bars 4 of a bed-frame 5 secured therebetween. The said side bars and frame are inclined downwardly from the strips 3, and the bars are connected at the ends opposite those attached to the said strips by othervcross-strips 6. Between the bars 4: are a plurality of transversely-extending rollers 7, having end journals 8, rotatably mounted in said bars, the said rollers being all of equal diameter and in the same plane. The rollers are also closely arranged and partake of the same inclination as the frame 5, and closely engaging the same is an endless belt 9 of carpet or such other fabric that the feet of the exerciser or the person using the device can obtain a reliable frictional contact thereon and to allow the beating or bastinado effect of the rollers to be sensibly felt by the feet.

The person using the device steps upon the belt 9 with his feet and grasps the hand-bar 2. Then by a rapid walk or slow run on the said belt the latter is pushed or caused to move and simultaneously revolves the rollers. The feet of the user or operator at each step thus have imparted thereto a beating or vibrating sensation in rapid succession, and thereby set up a beneficial circulation of the blood and cause it to return through the body with a more forceful action. The entire body of the useris also exercised and slack muscular development will be remedied and the digestive organs caused to perform their natural functions without resorting to mechanical means.

Many advantages will become apparentto those using the improved device, and changes in the form, size, proportions, and minor details may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A device of the class described, comprising uprights at one end only provided with an upper connecting rigid hand-bar, a frame in' clining away from the lower end portion of the uprights and freely accessible at the opposite end and the sides and having a series of closely-arranged rollers extending transversely thereof and each roller of the same diameter throughout the series, the said rollers having a free rotation, and an endless textile-fabric belt closely engaging the upper and lower portions of. the rollers and passing around the end rollers and adapted to be engaged by the user to permit the heating or vibrating action of the rollers to be sensibly felt.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK W. BAKER.

Witnesses:

J USTUS M. KRAUS, GEO. S. OALKINs. 

